Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, mistakenly said Tuesday that Iran was allowing al-Qaida fighters into the country to be trained and returned to Iraq.

It was Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who was traveling with McCain, who told him of his error, enabling him to correct himself.

McCain, expressing concern about Iran's rising sway in the Mideast, said, "Al-Qaida is going back into Iran and is receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran." He made the comments Tuesday at a news conference in Jordan; he made similar comments earlier to radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.
Iran is a predominantly Shiite Muslim country and has been at pains to close its borders to al-Qaida fighters of the rival Sunni sect.

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And he needed a (pseudo) Democrat to whisper the correct answer in his ear! The man is basing his campaign on foreign policy expertise and he can’t get Iran and Iraq correct.

So which is it? Is he ignorant or just losing his memory in his golden years?

I loved his bullshit excuse in London, today:

"We all misspeak from time to time and I immediately corrected it," he replied. "Just as Senator Obama said he was looking forward to meeting the president of Canada, we all misspeak from time to time. So we'll just move on."

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There’s a difference between screwing up President/Prime Minister of Canada and the the people that we’re at war with!

It wasn't the first time, either. He did the same thing during a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt.

Last thing: How do you think the Republicans what have responded to a similar gaffe by Obama or Hillary?

Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, mistakenly said Tuesday that Iran was allowing al-Qaida fighters into the country to be trained and returned to Iraq.

It was Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who was traveling with McCain, who told him of his error, enabling him to correct himself.

McCain, expressing concern about Iran's rising sway in the Mideast, said, "Al-Qaida is going back into Iran and is receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran." He made the comments Tuesday at a news conference in Jordan; he made similar comments earlier to radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.
Iran is a predominantly Shiite Muslim country and has been at pains to close its borders to al-Qaida fighters of the rival Sunni sect.

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And he needed a (pseudo) Democrat to whisper the correct answer in his ear! The man is basing his campaign on foreign policy expertise and he can’t get Iran and Iraq correct.

So which is it? Is he ignorant or just losing his memory in his golden years?

I loved his bullshit excuse in London, today:

"We all misspeak from time to time and I immediately corrected it," he replied. "Just as Senator Obama said he was looking forward to meeting the president of Canada, we all misspeak from time to time. So we'll just move on."

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There’s a difference between screwing up President/Prime Minister of Canada and the the people that we’re at war with!

It wasn't the first time, either. He did the same thing during a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt.

Last thing: How do you think the Republicans what have responded to a similar gaffe by Obama or Hillary?

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Good gosh, I mean, that red button was pushed upon his comment, right? I mean, I'm half McCain's age and I have memory problems (OK, flame that). Don't we all?

Besides, calm down. He was just reading the helpful notes given him by Dubya. You know, just to remind him who's still in charge.

It’s an eyebrow raiser. It makes you think if he has truly wrapped his brain around the whole issue and the main players, OR is he just blurting out Republican talking points: We won’t surrender to terrorists! White flag of surrender!, etc.

The key point in the thread topic is this:

Last thing: How do you think the Republicans what have responded to a similar gaffe by Obama or Hillary?

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They would be jumping up and down breathing fire through the airwaves.

For fucks sake, Zag, Clinton left office seven mother fucking years ago. While he wasn't exactly Ivory Soap, the most trouble he got came from lying about a blow job. If you want to equate that to misrepresenting intelligence to lead to war, and then wearing blinders to facts and being completely dishonest about statements made by our highest public officials, so be it. But it's not some SportsJournalists.com liberal mafia who thinks you're off your rocker when you do that. Blowjobs don't equate to loss of life. Nor will it drain our federal tax dollars for decades to come the way this war has and will. Get your fucking head out of the fucking Clintons' asses already.

Now, whatever it was for McCain, it's not a good thing. I'm not going to say he would deliberately try to associate any violence to Al Qaeda the way the Bush Admin has and continues to do. But too many fucking people don't have a clue as to what's going on over there and simply decide to view it in a black and white prism. And eight years of black and white views on everything, and the intellectual laziness that's required to be so fucking obstinate, is one reason why this country is so fucked up right now.

For fucks sake, Zag, Clinton left office seven mother fucking years ago. While he wasn't exactly Ivory Soap, the most trouble he got came from lying about a blow job. If you want to equate that to misrepresenting intelligence to lead to war, and then wearing blinders to facts and being completely dishonest about statements made by our highest public officials, so be it. But it's not some SportsJournalists.com liberal mafia who thinks you're off your rocker when you do that. Blowjobs don't equate to loss of life. Nor will it drain our federal tax dollars for decades to come the way this war has and will. Get your fucking head out of the fucking Clintons' asses already.

Now, whatever it was for McCain, it's not a good thing. I'm not going to say he would deliberately try to associate any violence to Al Qaeda the way the Bush Admin has and continues to do. But too many fucking people don't have a clue as to what's going on over there and simply decide to view it in a black and white prism. And eight years of black and white views on everything, and the intellectual laziness that's required to be so fucking obstinate, is one reason why this country is so fucked up right now.

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These people would disagree that Clinton's lies didn't equate to the loss of life....